retrowire, AKA The Deleting DUmmie, serves up another deleted treat especial

[BattleHymn]

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1018958380

Retrowire seems to be on a deleted thread kick lately.  I've never seen a DUmmie delete so many threads just hours after starting them.  Anyways, before the Deleting DUmmie struck again, here is what it posted. 

It looks sort of like a begathon.  It's the internet equivalent of bums who twirl their "Homeless anything helps" signs rather than just sitting there, sign untwirled.  It smacks of "Hey, at least I'm offering SOMETHING":

Wed Jun 14, 2017, 03:50 PM
retrowire (10,168 posts)

Debt. Is. A. Bitch.

Got several things coming down the pipeline here.

And I know that there are people here on DU with way more financial problems than my wife and I. And so that's why I'm not making a big deal out of this.

If it gets to the point that we get our power cut out then so be it, maybe it was a lesson to be learned. (Don't worry, that's not likely anytime soon)

But anyways, I'm going to let my art blog (http://www.hypercyclingblogdisorder.com) die when the time comes in August. Thats a hundred or so I won't have to worry about. And we'll deal with car repairs as well as other things that will likely wait

Roof repairs, puppy surgery (yes, Blue needs her eye fixed before she goes to the new owner.), a thousand dollar medical bill for my wife to be told "we found nothing, sorry about your chronic pain, bye now"

We're not starving. We should be fine. But it's hard to do without when you've got DEBT. Because, sure we can afford food but, that's more money not going to bills. I think we're in over our head and we don't know it yet.

It's like, should we have rescued a puppy with a bad eye? Should we have never visited the doctor to confirm at least that my wife does not have cancer? Should I have avoided college (lol I'm sure a lot of people feel the same way after seeing that debt.)

Nervous, but I think we've got a plan.

Until then, I'm going to point out my shameless new signature where I offer poetry for pocket change. If you don't like the poem, I'll refund it! I don't want to waste anyone's money.

We've received great help from DU for my in laws but their power really was gonna get cut off and they really had no car.

We're not that bad off so... I don't know, I'm just worried.

/Rant? Ugh.

Should I send money to this DUmmie and ask them to write me a Christian poem, an anti-gay poem, and also a poem singing the praises of Big Cheeto?  And then sue them when they refuse? 

Wed Jun 14, 2017, 04:00 PM
Star Member CaliforniaPeggy (122,097 posts)
1. My dear retrowire...

The calpig mummy offers a hug, but doesn't appear to cough up any money.

Wed Jun 14, 2017, 04:03 PM
Star Member AirmensMom (12,444 posts)
2. Good luck, retrowire.

I hope things turn around for you soon.

Best wishes, signed "No Money".

Wed Jun 14, 2017, 04:16 PM
retrowire (10,169 posts)
4. Thank you

I just sent out my first haiku!

Calpig is jealous. 
Her burning seed yearns to write:
Blink, blink, blink, blink, blink.

Wed Jun 14, 2017, 04:26 PM
Warpy (94,323 posts)
5. Good luck getting all those hands out of your pockets

One major gift my Depression era parents gave me was an aversion to debt. So when friends were building beautiful memories jetting off to Europe on plastic and HELOCing granite and stainless steel kitchens, I lived in a slum and never got to go anywhere except to Mexico for cheaper prescription drugs. It was a truly sucky way to have to live but I managed to be debt free except for a mortgage that was less than rent 2 years after I'd taken it on.

Employment and paychecks come and go, but those creditors always take money at regular intervals, whether you've got groceries in the house or not. But you know that.

As for the pup, can the AHA help you out? Since she's a rescue and you're not the forever home, they might be able to set you up with cheaper vet service.

I've got no other suggestion but learn how to love beans and rice. That's what got me through a lot of lean times, bean soup, bean stew, baked beans, refried beans, bean burgers, bean loaf, bean spreads bean tacos, and you get the idea.

Warpy, the Bubba Gump of beans, tells us how it is.

[SVPete]

Employment and paychecks come and go, but those creditors always take money at regular intervals, whether you've got groceries in the house or not.

Warpy may claim to be a Boomer with wiser Depression era parents, but she displays the "understanding" of debt far younger and stupider than her years. Just in case a DU-Onlurker chances to see this post, here's how debt works:

* You borrow somebody else's money;

* You use somebody else's money;

* Over time, you pay back that somebody else's money;

* Plus a fee - called "interest" - for having used that somebody else's money.

I don't know when MY Depression era parents taught me that, but they did, and well before I graduated from high school.

[FiddyBeowulf]

It's like, should we have rescued a puppy with a bad eye? Should we have never visited the doctor to confirm at least that my wife does not have cancer? Should I have avoided college (lol I'm sure a lot of people feel the same way after seeing that debt.)

For 2 out of 3 of them, yes you idiot.

The biggest reason so many of you DUmmies have the financial problems you have is because of poor buying decisions and no financial planning for the future. Do not ask yourself if you can afford right now to buy something, ask instead if you will need that money in the future for something else (winter fuel bill, insurance payment. Hell, new tires...).

[freedumb2003b]

Until then, I'm going to point out my shameless new signature where I offer poetry for pocket change. If you don't like the poem, I'll refund it! I don't want to waste anyone's money.

Oh brother.

Nothing worse than a "poet" for hire.

Get a job you bum.

[SVPete]

Should I have avoided college (lol I'm sure a lot of people feel the same way after seeing that debt.)

Somehow I have a feeling retro's degree or major suits him for burger-flipping and downing fries ... after some training.

How retro could not know that the college loan would have to be paid back, I can't imagine. And how retro could not think, "For what career will this degree prepare me to enter?" I also cannot imagine. But he's far, far, from alone.

I paid off my student loan, and (so far) one of my children got a degree in a remunerative field without student loan debt (with another in progress).

[Adam Wood]

Why in the hell does it cost him a hundred bucks to run a blog?

I have a strong suspicion that retrowire is one of those DUmmies who claims that it's impossible to live on food stamps because $194/month only buys you six organic limes and a half-pound of cruelty-free, fair-trade carrots, plus one pesticide-free tofurkey.  I'm betting that he probably spends $800/month or more on food, including going out and ordering in.  That can easily be knocked down to under $200/month while still having a plenty-diversified diet, and that means that the missus' medical bill goes away in two months. 

Get rid of the damned dog!  I love my critters more than most, but by God, if you can't afford them, you're doing them a disservice by trying to give them a home when you can't even keep your own roof over your head (literally, in this case).

You're not going to poetry-slam your way out of debt, retrowire.  Go out and find your sorry ass a real job, and a real second job if you already have an actual real job.  Do call center work, run the register at a convenience market (assuming you are literate enough to do so), deliver pizzas in the evenings (try not to be a dick or read your poetry at people and you'll probably make OK tips), anything, and you'll be out of most of your debt within six months or less.  If you knock it down to just owing a mortgage and a student loan, even on a relatively modest income, you'll be able to at least not worry about everything all the time.

[freedumb2003b]

Why in the hell does it cost him a hundred bucks to run a blog?

I have a strong suspicion that retrowire is one of those DUmmies who claims that it's impossible to live on food stamps because $194/month only buys you six organic limes and a half-pound of cruelty-free, fair-trade carrots, plus one pesticide-free tofurkey.  I'm betting that he probably spends $800/month or more on food, including going out and ordering in.  That can easily be knocked down to under $200/month while still having a plenty-diversified diet, and that means that the missus' medical bill goes away in two months. 

Get rid of the damned dog!  I love my critters more than most, but by God, if you can't afford them, you're doing them a disservice by trying to give them a home when you can't even keep your own roof over your head (literally, in this case).

You're not going to poetry-slam your way out of debt, retrowire.  Go out and find your sorry ass a real job, and a real second job if you already have an actual real job.  Do call center work, run the register at a convenience market (assuming you are literate enough to do so), deliver pizzas in the evenings (try not to be a dick or read your poetry at people and you'll probably make OK tips), anything, and you'll be out of most of your debt within six months or less.  If you knock it down to just owing a mortgage and a student loan, even on a relatively modest income, you'll be able to at least not worry about everything all the time.

If he did all that he would have no reason to live.

[SVPete]

Why in the hell does it cost him a hundred bucks to run a blog?

Good question! Did he buy his own domain name through Go Daddy or some such outfit?

[AzJames73]

Like the responses between him and Calpig

CaliforniaPeggy (122,111 posts)
8. You are certainly a good person, my dear retrowire! No question about it.

I think what you're feeling about debt, about guilt, is completely normal. Most good people have no problem helping others without shame. But it's a completely new ball game when it comes to yourself. We're not supposed to need help! And that's nonsense!

Everyone needs help. Some need more than others. I think you're being way too hard on yourselves, I really do.

retrowire (10,175 posts)
10. Thank you Aunt Peggy!

That's what I wanna call you and I don't know why!

CaliforniaPeggy (122,111 posts)
11. Aw............I have two nephews who are in their 30's!

And they still call me "Aunt Peggy"!

I love it.

I am happy to be your honorary Aunt Peggy!

retrowire (10,175 posts)

12. :D nt

 

[Ralph Wiggum]

I rise to object to the thread title.  "Especial" is cultural appropriation.

[BattleHymn]

I rise to object to the thread title.  "Especial" is cultural appropriation.

Hey, I think you're right.  I'm going to have to start identifying as a Hispanic pansexual trans-rhinoceros now. 

[Ralph Wiggum]

Hey, I think you're right.  I'm going to have to start identifying as a Hispanic pansexual trans-rhinoceros now.

When Mark Steyn guest hosted for Rush a couple weeks ago, he went through the litany of Hillary excuses for losing in 2016.  She blamed "Macedonian Content Farmers"

A caller later on said that she was transitioning to being a Macedonian Content Farmer.

[BadCat]

Man, that retardwire kid is a waste of skin.